Tax refund order before fed judge

Sep. 23, 2012

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If a federal judge agrees, Guam taxpayers will no longer have to wait years for their tax refunds.

A proposed order filed Friday by the plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit proposes a federal court order that binds the government of Guam to paying tax refunds within six months of the filing of tax returns. If this becomes part of a federal order, taxpayers who file tax returns starting in January might receive their refunds as soon as in June of next year.

"The government of Guam shall, beginning one month from the entry of this order, process and pay all (Guam territorial income tax) refunds no ...